Window-tent.



GLENNA E. HARRIS,,OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented app. 3, 191?.

Application filed January 7, 1916. Serial No. 70,822.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GLENNA E. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clarkand State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window-Tents, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in window tents and is especially adapted for use by those who have not the convenience of a sleeping porch.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide a window tent which may be placed outside of a window and secured in position and which will accommodate one end of a cot so that the head of the sleeper will be exposed to the air.

It is also my purpose to provide a window tent which will embrace the desired features of simplicity, efficiency and durability, which may be manufactured and marketed at small cost and wherein the component parts will be so arranged and correlated as to enable the device tobe installed quickly and conveniently.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth in and falling within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a View in side elevation of a window tent constructed in accordance with the present invention.-

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the device.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective View showing the tent in use.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, 1, l designate side pieces formed of wood or other suitable material and each formed with an opening 2 in which are arranged slats 3 interconnected by means of a vertical rod 4c whereby the slats may be operated to open and closed position to control the flow of air through the side pieces. The upper edge of each side piece is preferably inclined downwardly as at 5 from one side edge toward the other and the side edge contiguous to the upper end of the inclined edge is equipped with hinges 6 or other suitable fastening elements whereby the side piece may be fastened to the frame of the window upon the outer side of such frame. The side guide rods 8 pieces are fastened to the opposite sides of the window frame and project outwardly therefrom in parallelism and are preferably of a height equal to one-half the height of the window frame and interconnecting the sidepieces are brace bars 7 serving to main tain such pieces properly spaced apart and hold the same secure. 8, 8 designate guide bars arranged in juxtaposition to and parallel with the inclined edges 5 of the respective side pieces 1. The ends of each guide bar 8 are downturned as at 9 and lie alongside of the outer surface of the side piece, while the lower ends of the downturned portion are bent inwardly at right angles as at 10 and project through openings formed in the side pieces and equipped with securing nuts 11 whereby the guide bars are securely held in position. Secured to the outer and bottom edges of the side pieces 1 and spanning the space between the same is a sheet of fabric 12 and the side edges of the fabric are fastened to the adjacent edges of the side pieces through the medium of suitable detachable clasps or the like, while spanning the space between the and slidably mounted thereon are transverse bars 13 and arranged over the bars 13 is a fabric covering 1 1 stitched to the bars 13 and having one edge thereof detachably connected to the meeting rail of the top window sash. Secured to the under surface of the fabric covering 14: is a rubber lining 15. The guide bars 8 are spaced outwardly a slight distance from the vertical side walls of the tent and therefore the top fabric 14 across the outer face of said side bars and below the top edges of the side walls, is spaced from said side walls thus affording ventilating openings at the top of the tent.

In practice, the window tent is secured in the window and one end of a cot disposed within the tent, such end of the cot resting upon the bottom of the window frame. When desired, the bars 13 carrying the covering 14 may be moved outwardly along the guide bars 8 so that the top of the tent may be opened.

While I have herein shown and described one preferred form of my invention by way of illustration, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit or confine myself to the precise details of construction herein described and delineated, as modification and variation may be made within the scope of which is extended downwardly the claims and without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1, claim:

1. In a window tent, vertical side walls adapted to be secured to the opposite sides of a window frame and projecting therefrom in parallelism, a sheet of fabric spanning the space between the upper edges of said side Walls and connected to the window sash, guide bars extending above and parallel with the upper edges of the side walls, the ends of said guide bars being extended downwardly and connected to the side walls, and a plurality of cross rods secured to said last mentioned sheet of fabric and slidably connected to said guide rods, whereby the fabric may be gathered to partially uncover the top of the tent.

2. In a window tent, a pair of vertical side walls, guide bars extending above and Copies of this patent may be obtained for parallel with the upper edges of the side walls, the ends of said guide bars being extended downwardly and inwardly and connected to the side walls, the central and depending portions of the guide bars being spaced outwardly a slight distance from the planes of the side walls, a plurality of cross rods slidably secured at their ends to the central portions of said guide bars, and a sheet of fabric connected to said cross rods and extending downwardly from the outer sides of the guide bars below the upper edges of the side walls and spaced from said walls.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GLENNA E. HARRIS.

Witnesses FRANons C. VISE, C. S. OLINGER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." 

